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The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

Brad Ard, lead guitarist of the band Fatt Jazz, plays “La Sansa” during a concert in Kimbrough Music Building Tuesday night.

Fatt Jazz’s rhythmic style sends Aftershock

BLAINE ROSS, Evergreen columnist March 29, 2018

With its bass-heavy and drum-driven sound, WSU’s Fatt Jazz sent back-to-back songs to its audience Tuesday during a concert aptly named “Aftershock.” Under the stage lights, guitar Brad Ard, his...

Insidious: The Last Key unlocks childhood trauma

‘Insidious: The Last Key’ unlocks childhood trauma

BRYCE CHAPMAN, Evergreen columnist March 29, 2018

Sequels in horror movies are as common as jump scares. However, a fourth movie in one franchise is impressive, and that is exactly what “Insidious: The Last Key” is. And it holds a twist: it is —...

Rapper and activist Geo Quibuyen, also known as Prometheus Brown, speaks about nostalgia and sci-fi Wednesday night in the SPARK building.

Geo Quibuyen encourages personal storytelling

MORGAN LESTER, Evergreen reporter March 29, 2018

  The sun setting outside, students began to fill into the round, modern lecture hall of the SPARK building and take their seats. They applauded as Geo Quibuyen entered and turned on rap to...

Narrative performance explores cultural dances

RACHEL KOCH, Evergreen reporter March 29, 2018

All eyes were on professor Dee Garceau at the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center on Tuesday evening. In honor of the cultures of both Native Americans and African-Americans, the history department at WSU organized...

Lauren Prasanna, top, prepares hair and makeup for Ann-Jeannette Seymour, an actor in the upcoming “Silent Sky” play.

Performing Arts prepares final show

MORGAN LESTER, Evergreen reporter March 28, 2018

As night fell, a din rose on the third floor of Daggy Hall, where in Jones Theatre the cast and crew of Performing Arts’ last production, “Silent Sky,” were hard at work putting the final touches...

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle outdoes original

‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ outdoes original

MORGAN LESTER, Evergreen columnist March 22, 2018

Next month in the CUB Auditorium, there is an unusual surprise in the form of a double feature: the 1995 cult classic “Jumanji,” and its 2017 reboot, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” The original,...

Poet, translator to discuss methods

MORGAN LESTER, Evergreen reporter March 22, 2018

For the final visiting writer of the year, Curtis Bauer, a poet, director of creative writing and professor of comparative literature at Texas Tech University, will come to campus. Bauer said poetry...

10 Stings and a Goat Skin utilizes a bodhran, or an Irish drum made from stretching goatskin over a wood ring.

10 Strings and a Goat Skin pulls from folk influences

BLAINE ROSS, Evergreen columnist March 1, 2018

The music of Canadian ensemble Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, which will play at WSU tonight, eludes genre labels. Their worldly folk music takes influence from Canadian folk, American folk and French-Canadian...

From left, Graham Dechter, Dave Hagelganz and Kevin Kanner, the All-Star Quartet, play at the 2016 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.

WSU performers prepare for Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

BLAINE ROSS, Evergreen reporter February 23, 2018

If there is one form of music that represents America as a whole, it is jazz. In New Orleans after World War I, great musicians like Jelly Roll Morton, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and many more...

SEB to host Hip-Hop Arts Festival

RACHEL KOCH, Evergreen reporter February 23, 2018

WSU's Student Entertainment Board will honor Black History Month today by hosting a Hip-Hop Arts Festival. The festival will showcase the talent of both WSU students and visiting performers. Ali Ruther,...

Cougs battle for scholarship

RACHEL KOCH, Evergreen reporter February 15, 2018

Round one of the Cougs Got Talent competition, hosted by the Student Entertainment Board’s Spotlight Committee, begins today. CGT will feature singers, dancers, stand-up comics and other acts, who...

KUGR General Manager Katherine Barner discusses KUGR’s history and how the organization brings artists to campus.

KUGR lives up to rock ‘n’ roll legacy

BLAINE ROSS, Evergreen columnist February 15, 2018

KUGR, the rock radio station of WSU, was founded in 1954 by alumnus and legendary sports broadcaster Keith Jackson. The station was all about rock radio until the early 2000s, when its Board of Directors...

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